| 词条 | Billie Livingston |
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Billie Livingston is a Canadian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Livingston grew up in Toronto and Vancouver, British Columbia. She lives in Vancouver. Her critically acclaimed first novel,Going Down Swinging (2000), was followed by The Chick at the Back of the Church (2001), a poetry book that was shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Award. Her second novel, Cease to Blush, was published in 2006 and subsequently chosen as one of the year's best books by The Globe and Mail, January Magazine, and The Tyee. Livingston's One Good Hustle, a novel about a young woman's fear that she is genetically doomed to become a con artist, was long-listed for the 2012 Giller Prize and selected by The Globe and Mail, January Magazine, and Toronto's Now as one of the year's best books.[2][3][4][5] Livingston's short story collection, Greedy Little Eyes, was cited by The Globe and Mail as one of 2010's best books and by The Georgia Straight as one of the fifteen most outstanding books of the year.[6][7] In 2011 Greedy Little Eyes won the Danuta Gleed Literary Award for Best Short Story Collection as well as the CBC's Bookie Award.[8][9][10] In 2013, her story, The Trouble with Marlene, was made into the feature film, Sitting on the Edge of Marlene, directed by Ana Valine, and starring Suzanne Clément, Paloma Kwiatkowski, and Callum Keith Rennie.[11][12] The film was released in 2014. 2016 saw Livingston's American debut with the publication of The Crooked Heart of Mercy. The Washington Independent Review of Books called the novel "Courageously renegade (and hilarious)" offering comparisons to Flannery O'Connor and Graham Greene's The Power and the Glory. In addition to publications in journals and magazines around the world, Livingston's poetry has appeared in textbooks and on public transit through the TransLink "Poetry in Transit" program. She has received fellowships from The Banff Centre, MacDowell Colony, Escape to Create (Seaside, Florida), Ucross Foundation and Omi International Arts Center. She is married to American actor Tim Kelleher. Awards and honoursLivingston's 2010 short story collection Greedy Little Eyes [1] won the Danuta Gleed Literary Award. Her novel One Good Hustle was longlisted for the 2012 Scotiabank Giller Prize.[2] In 2017 Billie Livingston received the Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award "in recognition of a remarkable body of work, and in anticipation of future contributions to Canadian literature." .[3] BibliographyFiction
Young adult fiction
Poetry
Anthologies
References1. ^[https://nationalpost.com/afterword/billie-livingston-wins-danuta-gleed-literary-award "Billie Livingston wins Danuta Gleed Literary Award"]. National Post, May 30, 2011. [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]2. ^"Scotiabank Giller Prize 2012 Announces its Longlist". Scotiabank Giller Prize, September 4, 2012. 3. ^[https://quillandquire.com/omni/david-chariandy-billie-livingston-and-diane-schoemperlen-among-the-winners-at-the-2017-writers-trust-awards/ "David Chariandy, Billie Livingston, and Diane Schoemperlen among the winners at the 2017 Writers’ Trust awards"]. Quill and Quire, November 14. 2017. 4. ^1 {{cite news | url = http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/05/02/nominees-for-danuta-gleed-literary-award-announced/ | archive-url = https://archive.is/20130129161019/http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/05/02/nominees-for-danuta-gleed-literary-award-announced/ | dead-url = yes | archive-date = January 29, 2013 | title = Nominees for Danuta Gleed Literary Award Announced | work = National Post | date = May 2, 2011 }} 5. ^1 {{cite news | url = http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/05/30/billie-livingston-wins-danuta-gleed-literary-award/ | title = Billie Livingston Wins Danuta Gleed Literary Award | work = National Post | date = May 30, 2011 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://archive.is/20130104061029/http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/05/30/billie-livingston-wins-danuta-gleed-literary-award/ | archivedate = January 4, 2013 | df = }} 6. ^1 {{cite news | url = http://www.cbc.ca/books/bookclub/2011/02/the-cbc-bookies-winners-revealed.html | title = The CBC Bookies winners revealed! | work = CBC.ca | date = February 24, 2011 }} 7. ^1 {{cite news | url = http://www.scotiabank.com/gillerprize/0,,5827,00.html | title = The 2012 Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist | publisher = Scotiabank }} 8. ^1 {{cite news | url = https://www.straight.com/article-364315/vancouver/outstanding-titles-mark-year-writ-large | title = Georgia Straight writers choose 15 outstanding books of 2010 | first = Alexander | last = Varty | first2 = Brian | last2 = Lynch | first3 = Charlie | last3 = Smith | work = Straight.com | date = December 15, 2010 }} 9. ^1 {{cite news | url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/books/the-2010-globe-100-canadian-fiction/article1813220/ | title = The 2010 Globe 100: Canadian fiction | first = Martin | last = Levin | first2 = Jack | last2 = Kirchhoff | work = The Globe and Mail | date = November 27, 2010 }} 10. ^1 {{cite news | url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/the-globes-top-23-canadian-fiction-books-of-the-year/article5592645/ | title = The Globe's top 23 Canadian fiction books of the year | work = The Globe and Mail | date = November 24, 2012 }} 11. ^1 {{cite news | url = http://januarymagazine.blogspot.ca/2013/01/best-books-of-2012-fiction.html?m=1 | title = Best Books of 2012: Fiction | work = January Magazine | date = January 6, 2013 }} 12. ^1 {{cite news | url = http://www.nowtoronto.com/books/story.cfm?content=190508 | title = Susan G. Cole's Top 10 books | work = NOW Magazine | date = December 27-January 3, 2012 }} 13. ^1 {{cite news | url = https://variety.com/2013/film/news/foundation-features-ana-valine-on-the-edge-1200331616/ | title = Foundation Features, Ana Valine on the 'Edge' | first = Jennie | last = Punter | work = Variety | date = April 1, 2013 }} 14. ^1 {{cite news | url = https://theprovince.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Dark+drama+long+time+coming+Valine/8207495/story.html | title = Dark drama long time coming for Ana Valine | first = Glen | last = Schaefer | work = The Province | date = April 7, 2013 }} }} External links
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